There are some things you WILL NEVER learn in trucking school or even have it mentioned.
One fine day we are delivering oranges LTL to a number of stops. One turned out to be a cul de sac with about 20 houses in NY state. Here I am backing a enormous 53 foot with a full tractor towards a house and its driveway at 2 am blindside. There is this bush in the way. Then a mailbox. Then turn the tractor to get the trailer turning towards the home on the right. More mailboxes. Then cars.
I made it to about 60 feet from that driveway. 30 children came out the oranges were unloaded into that home about 6 pallets worth in no time.
And you had to do it gently, shakes the very ground setting off car alarms.
The children made the stress go away. Normally after that little exercise I would want a good bottle of schnapps and some time alone. HA...
Never driven a CDL Vehicle before
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just got a call earlier, I have an interview tomorrow with a company called Fleetpride for a parts position. Anyone know anything about Fleetpride and if they are a good company?
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Certain instructors understood me in school, particulary when they discovered mountain fears on me.
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In a manual 4-wheeler what happens if you only press the clutch 1/3 to 1/2 way down when shifting? The clutch is worn out quickly. That's how you are supposed to shift in a manual 18-wheeler. You only press the clutch fully down when you are stopped. For 99% of shifts the clutch is barely pressed down.x1Heavy Thanks this. -
You are essentially the syncronizer.
One RPM for downshifting and one RPM for upshifting. No grinding gauranteed.
Those that grind are only hurting themselves.
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I have assisted my present company doing road tests as well as training new drivers fresh out of school. I can say in my experience, drivers who have never driven a cmv other than trucking school are much easier to train than drivers with experience. It is easier to teach proper technique and procedure, than trying to unteach bad habits, bad technique, and "I have 3 months solo so I know more than you do in your 20 year experience" types.
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